Venus and Mars (or Mars and Venus) is a panel painting of about 1485 by the Italian Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli. [2] It shows the Roman gods Venus, goddess of love, and Mars, god of war, in an allegory of beauty and valour. The youthful and voluptuous couple recline in a forest setting, surrounded by playful baby satyrs . Caroline Campbell, Director of Collections and Research, discusses Italian Renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli's painting 'Venus and Mars', an intriguing mythological scene depicting Venus, the goddess of Love, and Mars, the god of War. She looks at. National Treasures The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
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Venus and Mars by Sandro Botticelli has been dated around 1485 and has had numerous interpretations around its meaning. The more popular theory about why it was painted is that it could have been made for a wedding and as a spalliera, which refers to a type of headboard or panel placed behind a bed. See full Interactive video on the Sandro Botticelli Venus and Mars at The National Gallery of Londonhttps://nlcultural.com/sandro-botticelli-venus-and-mars-. Mars and Venus is one of the best-known paintings by Sandro Botticelli, painter of the Italian Renaissance, who worked in Florence in the latter part of the fifteenth century. Botticelli painted it in approximately 1483. Venus, the Roman goddess of love, had many lovers, one of whom was Mars, the Roman god of war. Learn more about Botticelli's intriguing mythological scene depicting the goddess of love, and the god of war. Sandro Botticelli: Venus and Mars in Renaissance Florence | National Gallery. Read and watch. Films and stories from the Gallery.
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Sandro Botticelli , Venus and Mars. 1483 National Gallery of Art UK Botticelli's Venus and Mars is both beautiful and humorous. Mischievous satyrs, clear bright colors, hidden symbols, and missing legs all deserve a closer look so let's get started. Botticelli's paintings of mythological stories are among his most famous. At the height of his fame, the Florentine painter and draughtsman Sandro Botticelli was one of the most esteemed artists in Italy. His graceful pictures of the Madonna and Child, his altarpieces and his life-size mythological paintings, such as 'Venus and Mars', were immensely popular in his lifetime. Other articles where Venus and Mars is discussed: Sandro Botticelli: Mythological paintings: 1485), Venus and Mars (c. 1485), and The Birth of Venus (c. 1485). The Primavera, or Allegory of Spring, and The Birth of Venus were painted for the home of Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici. All four of these panel paintings have been variously interpreted by… Venus and Mars by Sandro Botticelli (1444/1445-1510), about 1485, from The National Gallery, London. Sandro Botticelli: master of the Florentine Renaissance. Caroline Campbell How to answer every art question on University Challenge. Bobby Seagull.
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Caroline Campbell, Director of Collections and Research, discusses Italian Renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli's painting 'Venus and Mars', an intriguing my. "Venus and Mars" by Sandro Botticelli depicts Venus, the Roman goddess of love, and Mars, the god of war, as a coupled reclining in a forest setting, surrounded by playful baby satyrs. It is an allegory of beauty and bravery, representing an ideal view of sensuous marriage and love.
Arts & Culture Sandro Botticelli Italian painter Cite External Websites Also known as: Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi Written by Ronald W. Lightbown Keeper of Metalwork, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1984-89. Author of Sandro Botticelli ( 2 vol.) and others. Ronald W. Lightbown Fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Detail from Botticelli's most famous work, The Birth of Venus (c. 1484-1486) Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi (c. 1445 - May 17, 1510), better known as Sandro Botticelli (/ ˌ b ɒ t ɪ ˈ tʃ ɛ l i / BOT-ih-CHEL-ee, Italian: [ˈsandro bottiˈtʃɛlli]) or simply Botticelli, was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance.Botticelli's posthumous reputation suffered until the late.
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Sandro Botticelli painted his famous Venus and Mars in 1483. It is believed to have been originally installed on a piece of prized furniture for a noble family, and was painted with tempera and oil on a poplar wood panel. Detail of 'Venus and Mars' (c 1485) by Sandro Botticelli. Tempera and oil on poplar panel, 69 cm x 173 cm. National Gallery, London. Source Wikimedia Commons. Tellingly, the fingers of her left hand toy suggestively with her gown, which folds in translucent layers and is edged by an elaborate golden hem.
